We only have hens, and aren't planning to add anymore any time soon, thanks.
Culling is not an option for us. My brother is only 7 years old, and would be completely traumatized.
Any other ways that dont involve culling?
Update: We have gone over a list of common resperitory diseases, and beleive it is Infectious Bronchitus, though we aren't sure. Are there any good treatments for that?
Okay, near the beginning of August, one of my chicks, about eight weeks old then, got an odd sickness that started out with only sneezing and a little wheezing. About a month later I found her shivering, just skin and bones, underneath a small box-container. She seemed to gasp for breath, and...
I need help with my 4-month old BR chick. She is literally skin and bones. Her breathing sounds gurgly, somewhat crackly, and she breathes with her mouth open. She doesn't seem to have very good balance, and her pecking is slightly off. She just stands there usually. What's wrong with her? Right...
All that I can see is a lot of saliva or something down in it's throat. I opened up her mouth gently and saw bubbly stuff. No discharge, no eye probems, just that.
I have a free-ranged, 3-month-old Barred Rock chick that is breathing funny. It started yesturday after a heavy downpour. I got everyone in, and after that her breathing went crackly. What is it?
RazorClaws marched quickly through his clan, ducking through the legs of the roosters and hens. He made his way to a lightning-struck tree and flapped onto a branch, flying up easily. "Let every fowl old enough to fight come to the StruckTree." he growled, and his voice carried across the...
(I have a ton of characters coming. I'm going to have to PM Zin.)
Roger stood at the edge of the clearing, watching from the shadows as TornFeather and BrokenClaw strutted through with four chicks following them.
...alpha, but incredible with words. He convinces almost any hen that they steal- oh, sorry, 'rescue'- that they were rescuing them, not stealing them*coughstealingcough*. He will always take a challenge, and is good at fighting. He flies up and swipes at the challenger's head, neck, and chest...
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The two hurried over. Pike stumbled, but quickly regained his footing. The scars on his chest didn't allow the feathers to grow back, so his chest was a silvery colour.